Keyboards are designed for use with home theater computers, such as Media Center PCs, is nothing new-safe, but it caught our attention Trust Thinity with its slimline design.
It is an attractive piece of kit, with a charcoal-grey housing and low-profile keys. Measuring just 122 mm high, 305 mm wide and 10 mm deep, it is a truly portable wireless keyboard that will sit quite happily on a small coffee table. What's more, this means the inclusion of a touchpad on the right side of the keyboard, there is no need for a separate mouse.
Thinity is powered by a built-in (and non-removable) lithium ion cell. The Trust provides a small charging cradle, which keyboard slots at vertical. A small power switch on the right side of the keyboard allows you to save battery power when the device is not in use. Enters an auto power-saving feature in force after prolonged periods of inactivity, then forget to turn it off, it is not completely drain the battery.
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Connection to the PC must be made using the 2.4 GHz Wireless, with a small USB-receiver included in the package. There is no need to install software: simply plug in the USB receiver, and you're away. And, as well as a connection to a PC, Thinity is just so clever on the give keyboard functionality for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game consoles.
As you might expect, given its size, is not the easiest Thinity keypad to type in. With very little space between its low-profile keys, you must be a very precise touch when typing. We found during the test for limited travel in the keys, it meant a light writing style was required.
SPACEBAR has some issues, especially that it's a little shorter than the average. This meant that we often pressed Alt Gr to his right by accident. It is also all too easy to bash your thumb against the bottom edge of the keyboard when you press the SPACEBAR. Or other key on the bottom row of the matter.
What is more, has seen fit Trust for slapping a fn key, where you would normally expect to find on the left CTRL, which takes a little getting used to. On the fn key to perform a useful function, though, and when pressed it lights up a series of LEDs above F1 to F10 keys, each of them with a secondary feature. Press the fn key a second time, and these lights go out, return the function keys to their original state.
Touchpad is small, but only about usable and supports two-fingered scrolling. The buttons left and right sit just above the touchpad, which makes them a little awkward to use. Place them below, as on most laptops, would have been a better alternative. Volume control, including a mute button is also located just above the touchpad.
Thinitys main disadvantage is perhaps its price. At just under £ 50 it is an expensive piece of kit, and you really have to pay a premium for its compact design.
Media Center keyboard go, Thinity Trust a decent effort. Its compact design means that the victims have had to be made with regard to usability, but it is fine to bashing in the odd e-mail, browsing your media library or send instant messages. We would like to see it a little cheaper, though-and these annoying UN and Ctrl keys could do with swapped around.
£ 49 Inc. VAT
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